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0. AUSTIN-1 I DARNING-LAST.

; No. 389,683. Patented Sept. 18, 1888.

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UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES AUSTIN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

DARNlNG-LAST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,683, datedSeptember 18, 1888. Application filed March 23, 1888. Serial No.268,202. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES AUSTIN, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Darning-Support, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved darning-support, for use indarningstockings, and has for its object to provide a device capable ofa dual use-as a support, as above set forth, and a receptacle for theutensils employed in the work.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fullyset forth, and pointed out inthe claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, illustrating the sectionsas disconnected; and Fig. 2 is apartial elevation and section.

In carrying out the invention, Arepresents a shell, preferably of eggshape, divided into two interlocking sections, a and a. The section a,corresponding to the butt of an egg, is filled with emery, sawdust,meal, or similar material, and the said material is concealed by a pieceof suitable "fabric cemented or otherwise secured to the inner walls ofthe section.

The combined section, .fabric, and aforesaid material constitute aneedle-cushion, D, the exposed surface whereof is preferablycylindrical.

From the center of the cushion D a post, E, is projected, representing afrustum of a cone, which post is or may be covered with a fabricsuch asvelvet-and is adapted by reason of its shape to support a thimble, e.The section a, corresponding to thepointofan egg,is provided upon theinner side with a cushion like drapery, H, whereby, when the twosections are united, the drapery H will retain the thimble, and also anyneedles that may be in the cushion, in position when the device is notin use.

It is purposed to construct the shell of metal, but other material-suchas rubber, ivory, or a suitable compositionmay be employed.

Having thus described myinvention, what I U claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a darning-support consisting of ametallic eggshaped shell, A, formedin two interlocking sections, a a,the section a being filled with suitable material and covered withfabric, forming a needle-cushion having a cylindricaluppersurface,andhavingathimble-support,E, projecting from the center ofthe said cushion, and the other section, a, provided with an interiorcushion-like drapery, H, as set forth.

CHARLES AUSTIN.

Witnesses:

C. B. J. SNYDER, T. J. GRoNK.

